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September 2025 | Epoché Magazine A free online philosophy magazine, delivered monthly

Issue 84 is live and kicking, with writing and multimedia on Maritain, Tolkien, LLMs, Aurelius, Deleuze, theater, fascism, and events. 'Tis bleak and great.

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#Philosophy #Philsky

📢 We are excited to announce the program for our lecture series this winter term!

With various speakers, we will explore the topic of digital complexity from different disciplinary perspectives. We look forward to seeing you!

➡️ Find out more: khk.rwth-aachen.de/lecture-seri...

Iris Murdoch Suite - YouTube This is a series of seven short pieces all reflecting an aspect of author Iris Murdoch's work. The music attempts to reflect my feelings and memories about t...

Nick Reynolds from #ChiUni has produced a wonderful suite of music based on works by Iris Murdoch. Take a listen!

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A Personal History of Analytic Philosophy On Christoph Schuringa's new history of an 'apolitical philosophy', and what counts as 'ideology critique'

Very thoughtful and interesting discussion of my book by Hugh Foley – the kind of engagement an author wishes for open.substack.com/pub/hughfole...

John Searle (1932-2025) - Daily Nous Philosopher John Searle, well-known for his work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, has died. John Searle wrote extensively consciousness and the mind, intentionality, and speech act th...

John Searle (1932-2025)

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Playing with electromagnetic waves: The science of the theremin The physics behind the unique instrument lets players turn hand gestures into music.

Silvia Alonso-Pérez presents a look at the physics behind the theremin, the early electronic musical instrument that converts hand gestures into the eerie tones heard in the soundtracks of classic sci-fi films like The Day the Earth Stood Still.

#electronicmusic #physics #acoustics #scifi

Are you dying to know if Hegel hated ersatz coffee? Then boy do I have the piece for you. Very happy to be part of the JHI blog forum on political economy in intellectual history!

This is truly such an underrated book

Western Marxism vs. Stalinism: Domenico Losurdo’s Controversial Legacy with Ross Wolfe | Acid Horizon Get more from Acid Horizon on Patreon

What is Western Marxism? Why was this one Italian man so mad about it? Ross Wolfe joins us to examine the work of Domenico Losurdo www.patreon.com/posts/139277...

Ricoeur's Early Ethical Philosophy is out now!

Using the themes of responsibility and hope, this introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur addresses both the beginner and the specialist.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pAzRHU
Preview: https://bit.ly/46OpVmP

Theodor Adorno was dismayed by the antithetical bent of the Princeton Radio Research Project (1937 -->), a large-scale study on the social effects of radio merely asking listeners to register their "likes" and "dislikes" in programming but not probing conditions underlying these preferences.

Book launch for “Methods in the Philosophy of Science: a user’s guide”. Ftf in Exeter and online on the 29th of Sept feat Sophie Veigl, Kerry McKenzie, Hasok Chang, and me. It should be fun! (the book will be open access in July, contact me in the meantime) www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai... #philsci

I am quite excited to share a new preprint on the prospects for a 'metaphilosophy of science'—a second-order inquiry into the concepts, assumptions, aims, and methods that underpin philosophy of science itself. 👇📃 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26661/ 1/3 #philsci #philsky #HPS #HPbio #metaphilosophy

Apropos @stuartelden.bsky.social 's Sunday post on the French translation of Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism.

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Today, we celebrate the life and contributions of Mario Bunge (1919–2025), a prominent philosopher of science who also reflected on technology.
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I am humbled and thrilled to see my recent paper published in #Hegel Bulletin with @universitypress.cambridge.org. In it, I attempt to gain a basic understanding of Hegel’s overall philosophical trajectory.

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Why quantum mechanics needs phenomenology | Aeon Essays The role of the conscious observer has posed a stubborn problem for quantum measurement. Phenomenology offers a solution

I was thinking "I hope this is going to get to QBism" - and then it does. And thereby offers a nice perspective on it. In a way, the question is all about how we think about the wavefunction.
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Part 4: On the Limit in Kant The Liminal Abyss of the Human Being

Hi everyone. I've just published the newest installment to my Kant on the limit series. This one is a big heavy-going, but hopefully you get something out of it! kosmotheoros.substack.com/p/part-4-on-...

#phil #kant #continentalphilosophy #philsky

YouTube video by Social Contract Research Network Timothy Jackson, Diverse relations to alterity: from relational physics to the transindividual

New Social Contract Research Network seminar
Timothy Jackson
"Diverse relations to alterity: from relational physics to the transindividual"

Podcast:
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YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=2gwsxX1KxqI

YouTube video by Oxford Philosophy of Physics George Webster: "It from Bit" as a critical idealist proposal

Here’s my talk on John Wheeler and Ernst Cassirer, delivered at Oxford’s Philosophy of Physics Seminar in June!

I suggest that Cassirer’s critical idealism helps us to make sense of the implications of quantum information theory for the nature of physical reality!

#philsky #philsci

The French philosopher Jacques Rancière challenges how we think about politics, art, and education. Here is my podcast interview with philosopher Dr Stuart Blaney where we discuss his ideas.

YouTube video by The Young Idealist On the Life and Philosophy of György Lukács (1885-1971) with Daniel Tutt.

Philosophy Friends and Fellow Colleagues: I am very happy to share with you all a new episode from #TheYoungIdealist Series. This episode features, a friend and comrade
@TuttReal
speaking On the Life and Philosophy of György Lukács (1885-1971). www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KOq...

Translation: Horkheimer's Birthday Letter to Adorno (9/11/1938) On dialectics and dialogue

happy 9/11—Theodor W. Adorno’s Birthday—to those who celebrate, here’s my translation from a while back of Horkheimer’s 1938 birthday letter to Adorno on dialogue and dialectics! open.substack.com/pub/jamescra...

A beige background with a soft bokeh effect and white abstract lines in the top right corner. Text reads "Robert Piercey reviews Seeing Double by Raymond Geuss," with "Seeing Double" emphasized in bold.

Book cover of "Seeing Double" by Raymond Geuss. It features a black and white double-exposure photograph of someone. The title is in white text, and the author's name is in blue. The background mirrors the beige bokeh and abstract line design from the first image.

From our August issue: Robert Piercey offers a smart and engaging review of 'Seeing Double' by Raymond Geuss. You’ll find the review online along with the rest of the issue here: buff.ly/KwB8E1p #PhilosophyOfLife #CriticalTheory #BookReview

Overview of the ROTO Lecture Series in the winter semester 2025/2026. The talks will be: - "Race Reification and Population Descriptors in Human Genomics" by Celso Neto (University of Exeter) - "Understanding plant holobionts through complexity science" by César Marín (Universidad Santo Tomás) - "What is Dialectical Biology?" by Chris Shambaugh (University of Oregon) - "Learning from Partial Overlaps Between Knowledge Systems" by Charbel El-Hani (Federal University of Bahia) - "21st century eugenics, scientific racism and the role of academia in promoting political ideology" by Rebecca Sear (Brunel University London) - "The Organism and the System: Boundary Crossings in 20th Century Science" by Libby O’Neil (Mississippi State University)

New semester, new lecture series 🎉Starting next month, we welcome amazing scholars to give online talks in the history and philosophy of life sciences. Find all dates and registration links here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
#PhilSci #HistSci #HPBio

This looks extremely good by @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social So important to recognise differences in what 'open' means in #openscience. She shows for Bergson it's to cultivate meaningful social relationships, for Popper it's to exchange ideas and materials. The two can come apart! #philsci #metascience

“What Can a Global Turn in
Philosophy of Science Look Like?”, forthcoming in Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, by former Ashoka philosophy undergrad Kabir S. Bakshi.

Congratulations Kabir!

philsci-archive.pitt.edu/26382/

Coming this year: Hegel 13/13 a multi-year project that explores the historical confrontations with G.W.F. Hegel’s thought, from 19th century to the present, with the aim of developing new critical perspectives and practices for today’s times of crisis. I am building the website now, stay tuned...

Jacques Rancière will deliver the 2025 History and Theory
lecture on September 12 with a comment by Emily Apter.

RSVP to attend online or in person: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

If you have time this week to log in, Professor Love is speaking at 1140 PT on Wed 10 Sept at a hybrid event at UBC, hosted by Omar Bashth and Yeganeh Dorri, at the “Philosophical Reflections on Developmental Biology” symposium. Register via QR code in photo.